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A Treasure In Heaven | Episode #342 | Encore Episode #013 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's Word with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and stories, along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. In Lamentations,
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  Speaker 1: Chapter three, verses twenty two and twenty three, we read,
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  Speaker 1: because of the Lord's great love, we are not consumed,
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  Speaker 1: for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning.
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  Speaker 1: Great is your faithfulness. Now, if you miss a portion
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  Speaker 1: of today's broadcast or would like to recommend it to
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  Speaker 1: a friend, you can hear this program anytime online at
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  Speaker 1: Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now, here's Richard with today's.
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  Speaker 2: Reflection Matthew six nineteen through twenty one. Don't collect for
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  Speaker 2: yourselves treasures on Earth, where moth and russ destroy, and
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  Speaker 2: where thieves break in and steal, But collect for yourselves
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  Speaker 2: treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, where
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  Speaker 2: thieves don't break in and steal for where your treasure
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  Speaker 2: is there, your heart will be Also, you know today
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  Speaker 2: is Mother's Day, and a fitting message for Mother's Day
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  Speaker 2: would certainly have to do with how we feel about
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  Speaker 2: our mother's Do you know that a message about treasures
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  Speaker 2: in heaven is very fitting for Mother's Day? I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to read to you something that was written by Cindy Casper,
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  Speaker 2: as she shares in our daily Bread. It's titled Treasure
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  Speaker 2: in Heaven. She says. When I was growing up, my
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  Speaker 2: two sisters and I like to sit side by side
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  Speaker 2: on top of my mother's large cedar lined chest. My
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  Speaker 2: mom kept our wool sweaters in it and handiwork that
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  Speaker 2: was embroidered or crocheted by my grandmother. She valued the
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  Speaker 2: contents of the chest and relied on the pungent odor
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  Speaker 2: of the cedar wood to discourage moths from destroying what
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  Speaker 2: was inside. Most earthly possessions can easily be destroyed by
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  Speaker 2: insects or rust, or can even be stolen. Matthew six
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  Speaker 2: encourages us to place a special focus not on things
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  Speaker 2: that have a limited lifespan, but on those that have
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  Speaker 2: eternal value. She says, when my mom died at fifty
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  Speaker 2: seven years of age. She had not accumulated a lot
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  Speaker 2: of earthly possessions, But I like to think about the
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  Speaker 2: treasure she stored up in heaven. I recall how much
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  Speaker 2: she loved God and served Him in quiet ways, caring
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  Speaker 2: faithfully for her family, teaching children in Sunday school, befriending
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  Speaker 2: a woman abandoned by her husband, comforting a young mother
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  Speaker 2: who had lost her baby, and she prayed. Even after
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  Speaker 2: she lost her sight and became confined to a wheelchair,
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  Speaker 2: she continued to love and pray for others.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great is Thy
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  Speaker 1: Faithfulness from the America's twenty five Favorite Hymns album unless otherwise.
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by Homan Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: Additional resources used for Reflections on the Word with Richard K.
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  Speaker 1: Include Great is Thy Faithfulness by our Daily Bread and
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  Speaker 1: printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again here is Richard to
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  Speaker 1: wrap up today's message.
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  Speaker 2: Our real treasure isn't measured in what we accumulate, but
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  Speaker 2: in what or whom we invest our time and our passions.
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  Speaker 2: What treasures are we storing up in heaven by serving
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  Speaker 2: and following Jesus. Our real well is what we invest
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  Speaker 2: for eternity well. Happy Mother's Day to all of our mothers.
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  Speaker 2: If your mother's alied, then honor her by letting her
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  Speaker 2: know how much you appreciate her love and care for you.
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  Speaker 2: And if she's not still here on this earthly plane,
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  Speaker 2: then remember how she was selected to be your mother.
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  Speaker 2: Remember the love of God demonstrated through her. And that
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  Speaker 2: is two days reflection on the Word.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Work with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. Or Richard and the entire team. This is
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  Speaker 1: Chuck Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word. Not about to